The World Bank Mission team met with the Department of National Registration (DNR) as part of its support and implementation mission from 15th to 23rd September 2024. The meeting was led by Mr. Jerome Bezzina (Task Team Leader, Sr. Digital Development Specialist), and included Ms. Anna Metz (co-Task Team Leader, Sr. Digital Development Specialist) along with Dr. Ibrahim Waheed (Project Manager), Mr. Ahmed Haleem (Communications Specialist) and Ms. Fathmath Shafa Hussain (Project Officer) from the D’MADD Project Management Unit.

The teams discussed the ongoing progress of the assignments funded by the project including the Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT), which is currently underway.

The project manager highlighted the ongoing procurement to provide services to an international consultancy firm to review civil registration and vital statistics.  The D’MADD will partially fund hardware and software to make the system robust, as it is a crucial element for digital identification and online and in-person service delivery.

DNR also discussed its plans to decentralize the services across the nation. Mr. Mohamed Umair (Director, ICT) and Ahmed Absal Mohamed (Computer Programmer) represented DNR at the meeting.